Homer and the Iliad, Volume 1Edmonston and Douglas, 1866 |
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Achæan Achilles afterwards altogether ancient Apoll Apollo appears Asopus Athens beautiful belongs Boeotia called certainly character coast colour connexion curious described distinctly district divine Dodona doubt earth element epithet evidently fact famous favour German Gladstone goddess gods Greece Greek Hector Hellenic Hercules Herè hero Herod Hesiod Heyne Homer honour idea Iliad island Jove Jupiter king Laomedon legend meaning mentioned minstrel modern mortal mountain Müller mythology natural Nitzsch Odyssey Orchomenus original Paus Pausanias Pelasgi Peloponnesus Pindar plain plainly Plato Plut poem poet poetical poetry popular present passage Priam prominent recognised regard remarkable river sacred says Scamander Schol scholiast seems significance Smith's Dict Sparta Strabo Theog Thessaly things Thrace Thracian Thucyd tion town tradition translation Troad Trojan Trojan war Troy verse VIII Virgil Welcker well-known whole word worship XXIV καὶ
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